Table 2 The baseline characteristics of questionnaire respondents by age
From: Changes in dietary habits during Covid-19 lockdown in Egypt: the Egyptian COVIDiet study
Age (Years) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n = 1010) | ≤ 20 (n = 87) | 21–35 (n = 683) | 36–50 (n = 219) | > 51 (n = 21) | p-Value 1 | |
Place of residence | ||||||
Family home | 877 (86.8%) | 82 (94.2%) | 596 (87.3%) | 182 (83.1%) | 17 (80.9%) | 0.055 |
Alone | 133 (13.2%) | 5 (5.7%) | 87 (12.7%) | 37 (16.9%) | 4 (19.0%) | |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 229 (22.7%) | 22 (25.3%) | 148 (21.7%) | 48 (21.9%) | 11 (52.4%) | 0.010* |
Female | 781 (77.3%) | 65 (74.7%) | 535 (78.3%) | 171 (78.1%) | 10 (47.6%) | |
Children in Care | ||||||
No | 541 (53.6%) | 85 (97.7%) | 416 (60.9%) | 29 (13.2%) | 11 (52.4%) | < 0.001* |
Yes | 469 (46.4%) | 2 (2.3%) | 267 (39.1%) | 190 (86.8%) | 10 (47.6%) | |
Educational Level | ||||||
University | 629 (62.3%) | 52 (59.8%) | 467 (68.4%) | 96 (43.8%) | 14 (66.7%) | < 0.001* |
Postgraduate | 315 (31.2%) | 1 (1.1%) | 194 (28.4%) | 115 (52.5%) | 5 (23.8%) | |
Secondary | 66 (6.5%) | 34 (39.1%) | 22 (3.2%) | 8 (3.7%) | 2 (9.5%) | |
Governorate | ||||||
Alexandria | 504 (49.9%) | 47 (54.0%) | 362 (53.0%) | 84 (38.4%) | 11 (52.4%) | < 0.001* |
Delta | 342 (33.9%) | 40 (46.0%) | 228 (33.4%) | 72 (32.9%) | 2 (9.5%) | |
Cairo | 114 (11.3%) | 0 (00.00%) | 65 (9.5%) | 45 (20.5%) | 4 (19.1%) | |
Others | 50 (4.9%) | 0 (00.00%) | 28 (4.1%) | 18 (8.2%) | 4 (19.0%) | |
BMI (kg/m 2 ) | ||||||
< 19 | 23 (2.28%) | 6 (6.90%) | 16 (2.34%) | 1 (0.46%) | 0 (00.00%) | 0.25 |
19-24.9 | 369 (36.53%) | 53 (60.92%) | 268 (39.24%) | 43 (19.63%) | 5 (23.81%) | |
25-29.9 | 394 (39.01%) | 21 (24.14%) | 268 (39.24%) | 97 (35.62%) | 8 (38.10%) | |
> 30 | 224 (22.18%) | 7 (8.05%) | 131 (19.18%) | 78 (35.62%) | 8 (38.10%) | |